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, Sensenig was responding to an emergency call when he lost control of his car in heavy rain and collided into an oncoming van driven by 63-year-old Wayne A. Geltz of Lititz. Geltz was taken to Hershey Medical Center. His condition was not available.

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The crash investigated by Cornwall police occurred about 6:20 p.m. and involved a car and van just east of Spangler Road and about one mile west of the Route 322 and Route 419 split.

Rescue crews work at a crash on Route 322, just east of Spangle Road, in West Cornwall Township where 20-year-old Bruce Sensenig of North Cornwall Township when his car veered into the westbound lane and collided with a van driven by 63-year-old Wayne A. Geltz of Lititz. (LEBANON DAILY NEWS EARL BRIGHTBILL)

Fire crews and fire police from several municipalities were called to help at the scene and divert motorists from the area.

According to broadcast and online reports, Cornwall police Chief Bruce Harris identified the accident victim as Bruce Sensenig, 20, a volunteer firefighter with Quentin Volunteer Fire Co. who was responding to an emergency call for an accident at routes 72 and 117 at the time.

Sensenig's car was struck broadside by a van after Sensenig lost control of his vehicle less than a mile from the firehouse, according to reports. Lebanon County Emergency Management Agency reports said Sensenig was pronounced dead at the scene.

No police report was available before presstime Tuesday. The other driver was not identified.

The wreckage of Monday evening's fatal crash on Route 322 in West Corrnwall Township in which 20-year-old Bruce L. Sensenig of North Cornwall Township died when his black Audi sedan crossed lanes and collided with a van driven by 63-year-old Wayne A. Geltz of Lititz. Geltz was listed in good condition Tuesday morning, a Hershey Medical Center spokeswoman said. (Courtesy Cornwall Borough Police)

Broadcast and online reports said he was a Lititz man who was taken to Hershey Medical Center. His condition was not available early Tuesday morning.

Sensenig is the 12th person to die as a result of accidents on Lebanon County roads this year.

Rain began falling in Lebanon County about 4:30 p.m. and was accompanied by thunder and lightning. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for much of the county at 5:22 p.m. and estimated that rain was falling at a rate of 2 inches per hour in some locations.

The flood warning was initially scheduled to end at 8:30 p.m. but was extended to 2:30 a.m. as heavy rains were slow to leave the area.

The result was a busy night for first responders that included Lebanon fire crews being dispatched to the Weis Markets store at 800 S. 12th St., Lebanon, around 5 p.m. for a reported roof collapse.

Employees stood at the store entrance to tell customers that the building was closed.

The store is currently undergoing an extensive remodel and upgrade.

The store manager said the roof did not collapse, but there was flooding inside the building from the heavy rain. He said he expected the store to reopen Tuesday.

A valve issue at AES Ironwood in South Lebanon Township also caused concern for neighbors, who reported on the Lebanon Daily News Facebook page that they heard a jet-like sound from the electricity-producing plant about 8 p.m.

Efforts to reach a company representative were unsuccessful. But a representative from Lebanon County Emergency Management Area said the sound was caused by a faulty valve, which was fixed, and that there was no danger to the public.

Area residents also had their share of problems.

City fire crews were called to several homes to help deal with flooded basements, and at 8:23 p.m. they were dispatched to a fire in the attic of a home at 1249 Nowlen St. Smoke inside the structure was reported.

Elsewhere in the county, police and fire police were kept busy dealing with crashes and fallen trees, and preventing motorists from traveling through flooded roadways.

It did not work in all cases.
Several stranded motorists needed to be rescued from submerged vehicles.

City fire crews were called almost simultaneously about 5:30 p.m. for stranded vehicles at North Seventh and Willow streets, and Oak and South Eighth streets. At 7:15 p.m., Neversink Fire Co. was called to Walnut Street and Dairy Road in North Cornwall Township, and at 8:27 p.m., Cornwall Fire Co. assisted a motorist at Route 419 and Cornwall Road in Cornwall Borough.